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LOT 0718
Roman Decorated Terracotta Fragment
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (54 grams, 76 mm).
Base from a cup or bowl with winged bust of Dionysus modelled in the half-round with goat-horns above the head, scrolled lateral wings, vine tendrils to the chest and hair. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
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